VN Ren'Py Abandoned Dark by Dawn [v0.2a] [Rivinex]

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Rivinex

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Hey guys, just wanted to let yall know that we are getting close to releasing beta for this game and only have a little bit of stuff left to put together. Walker's sprite is being changed and we are at an even 1-1 for like and dislike internally since we only have 3 people working on the game and I myself am impartial.

What do you guys think about the sprite being smaller for walker than everyone else? The reason for it is that it makes sense in a story context and it also makes it easier to put more on screen.

Here's some examples:
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Lobo420

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ok i have a question before i downloadl this VN

will we be able to pick our morality? (light side/dark side)
 
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Rivinex

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ok i have a question before i downloadl this VN

will we be able to pick our morality? (light side/dark side)
The first chapter of our novels are considered by us to be the setup for the story. The morality choices will come in chapter 2-4 for the rest.
 

Rivinex

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Patrons just received a few days early access to the next update, put a lot of work in it. Will have a changelog here when it comes out publicly.
 

Rivinex

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Public release of v0.2, any and all feedback is appreciated. Thank you to everyone who's taken a look so far.
 

Nixi~

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None of the assets are made by us and will slowly be replaced with our own original assets by the time we get to release the full novel. As it stands currently, we do not have any spare funds for hiring artists or getting animations done due to us being college students that are doing this in our free time.
You might want to consider investing at least in the protagonist's idle art as she is the face of your visual novel. That way, people get used to her appearance without changing it later on.
 

Rivinex

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Already more star wars like than the entire sequel trilogy
We're all huge star wars nerds, the legends are so much better than the sequels.


pretty good start for the story.Hope to see the good side of Walker pretty fast :giggle:
Thank you, next update is adding a ton of the 'good side' but it's all pretty basic until we get more writing done.


You might want to consider investing at least in the protagonist's idle art as she is the face of your visual novel. That way, people get used to her appearance without changing it later on.
We're actually working on the main character's idle art right this moment, it's going to be very similar to what it is right now but will be a redraw as to not steal the original artist's work. We aren't a fan of the face and will change it but the pose and general style will stay the same.
 
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Pizzapockets

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Just noticed your edit.

We conferred about this for a bit and decided that we are going to release all the scenes for the first chapter but limit it after that. We aren't entirely sure what to do for patreon benefits and are trying the best we can at the moment. If you would like to suggest an idea we are all ears for it.
Release the game earlier to each higher paying tier and later to every to below the highest or don't do any tier benefits and just let people pay what they think your game is worth. I think your idea of more content the more you pay will drive people away and if it doesn't I guess it will be another way I don't understand and despise people.
 
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Rivinex

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Release the game earlier to each higher paying tier and later to every to below the highest or don't do any tier benefits and just let people pay what they think your game is worth. I think your idea of more content the more you pay will drive people away and if it doesn't I guess it will be another way I don't understand and despise people.
I completely understand what you're getting at. The patreon isn't a priority right now as much as making the novel into something that isn't completely terrible, the patreon will get early releases, help us find bugs and potentially patch em, and vote on numerous things that could be added to the VN over time. I'm still learning ren'py and this is our very first anything on ren'py so this is the process of learning, it's a fun engine but learning it sucks.
 

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Nixi~

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We conferred about this for a bit and decided that we are going to release all the scenes for the first chapter but limit it after that. We aren't entirely sure what to do for patreon benefits and are trying the best we can at the moment. If you would like to suggest an idea we are all ears for it.
You could use art assets, WIPS, polls, & bug hunt game versions as tier benefits. Use as an example as to how she and her team do their Patreon benefits.
 
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Rivinex

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You could use art assets, WIPS, polls, & bug hunt game versions as tier benefits. Use as an example as to how she and her team do their Patreon benefits.
Thank you very much for that information, we will talk about it internally and see how we want to proceed.
 

Hananani

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Just noticed your edit.

We conferred about this for a bit and decided that we are going to release all the scenes for the first chapter but limit it after that. We aren't entirely sure what to do for patreon benefits and are trying the best we can at the moment. If you would like to suggest an idea we are all ears for it.
How about letting the poor and stingy play the game in a 100% version and instead add Ch 1.1 and 2.1 etc with bonus content for patreons?
That way anyone can enjoy a complete experience without feeling they are missing out and the supporters get access to extra story and scenes that connects with the story but is not 100% relevant to follow it?
That way the people who already appreciates your efforts will be likely to keep supporting you while you also increase the chance of finding new supporters?

Idealist perhaps but I think something like this is better then keeping the *umh* "story relevant porn as hostage".
 
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